Why we are here
Ms. Whatsit reflects on an “aimless shameless walkabout” wondering where her blog fits in the larger context and whether she is “doing it right.” I responded that we should celebrate puposeless blogging, and in that spirit I have something more to say.
From James Farmer’s link to Fray: The Quarterly of True Stories, I found a story by Eric Spitznagel that was funny enough to make me want to read more of his stuff. Fortunately, he has a blog.
Unfortunately, he’s taking some time off.
But fortunately, there is a large archive. I mentioned to someone this afternoon that I’d read a pretty good story about Driving Through Chicago with a Trunk Full of Dead Dogs. Amazingly, she said that she’d read it, too, and we both had a laugh remembering some of the insane details.
The best way to search the archives is to subscribe to the feed and read the titles. I found a tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, who died last April. Words of Wisdom from Vonnegut:
That’s about all there is to it, near as I can see.
Carry on.
Ms. Whatsit wrote,
Spitznagel is some kinda storyteller. Thanks for reminding me that the reason why we write blogs is, well, simply to write. I have to stop letting the din of educational dissent muddle my own thinking. Um, how many more days until winter break?
That last link doesn’t go through for me.
Link | December 5th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Doug Noon wrote,
We go right up to the last day of the week before Christmas, which means ahhh…about 13 of ‘em left at the moment. My thinking is muddled regularly, regardless of the date.
There wasn’t very much behind the last link other than the basic message. And I was in a big hurry to be somewhere so I botched an edit. All fixed now. Thanks.
Link | December 5th, 2007 at 5:50 am